[Ct-nfb] Message from Senator Christopher Murphy

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Hi Justin,
 
I wanted to let you know that today on News 12 the ysaid that Senator rosa  
Delora  is going to be having a bunch of meetings around the areas  about  
the matter  of wages,minium wages etc  so might want t  ocontact her office.
Hope your are well 
Elizabeth
 



In a message dated 1/17/2014 10:24:33 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
PRESIDENT at alumni.ecu.edu writes:

 
Fellow  Federationists: 
If  you look below this message, you can find an email I received from 
Senator  Chris Murphy.  Clearly, Senator Murphy does not yet understand the  
devastating problems in the Workforce Investment Act.  This bill, as  currently 
written, threatens every one of us.  We need to make absolutely  sure that 
he understands the problems of the Workforce Investment Act.   My hypothesis 
is that he hasn’t received enough contact from our members to  take the 
time to really pay attention to what we are saying.    
If  you called or emailed on Wednesday, please do it again. 
If  you did not, please do it for the first time now. 
This  will affect my future, your future and the future of all disabled  
Americans. 
I  have attached a letter that I just sent him tonight.  I encourage you to 
 put your address and phone number at the top and name at the bottom before 
you  send it as your own. 
Senator Chris Murphy’s phone number: (202)  224-4041 
My brothers and sisters, please join me in  saving our future.  It is ours! 
Justin Salisbury 
Legislative Coordinator 
 
 
From: Senator  Christopher Murphy [mailto:senator at murphy.senate.gov] 
Sent: Friday,  January 17, 2014 2:52 PM
To:  justin.salisbury at earthlink.net
Subject: A message from the office of  Senator Christopher Murphy

 
Thank  you for contacting me about the Workforce Investment Act (WIA). I  
appreciate your correspondence and hope that you find this response  helpful. 
Our  country has always had the best workforce in the world, but we risk 
losing  that edge in the future. People in the workforce today too often don't 
have  the on-the-job training they need to succeed, and young adults about 
to enter  the workforce are less educated than the previous generation. On 
top of that,  most of the 50 million new jobs that will be created by 2018 
require  post-secondary credentials and higher education levels. As a country, 
we're  further behind than we should be, and it is Congress's 
responsibility to  support organizations throughout the country that are dedicated to 
improving  our workforce readiness. 

The original WIA legislation was first passed  by Congress in 1998, and the 
law has been overdue for re-authorization since  2003. I was therefore 
proud to vote for S.1356, the Workforce  Investment Act of 2013, which was 
passed by the U.S. Senate Committee on  Health, Education, Labor and Pensions on 
July 31, 2013. This bill contains  changes to the legislation that reflect 
the ever-changing global economy, as  well as input from Connecticut 
businesses, education, and labor groups. By  allowing local workforce development 
organizations to tailor their programs to  their regions' specific needs, the 
legislation will help provide local  solutions to specific regional issues. 
The bill also focuses on improving  the Job Corps program, which has 
recently faced serious funding challenges,  making the program more stable and 
allowing young people to rely on these  centers to give them the tools they need 
to succeed. 
Rest  assured that I will be encouraging my colleagues to support this bill 
as it  moves to the full Senate. Without it, we're putting our country's 
economic  future at a significant disadvantage.
Thank you again for contacting me about this matter.  I appreciate  hearing 
from you and assure you that I will always do my best to  represent the 
views of my constituents in the Senate.  In the future,  please do not hesitate 
to call me in my Connecticut office at (860) 549-8463  or my Washington 
office at (202) 224-4041.  
Every  Best  Wish,

Christopher  S.  Murphy
United  States Senator 



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